Q738 What is JavaScript and where did it come from?

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Q738 What is JavaScript and where did it come from?

In the words of Netscape, the creator of JavaScript:

JavaScript is a compact, object-based scripting language for developing client and server Internet applications. Netscape Navigator interprets JavaScript statements embedded in an HTML page, and LiveWire enables you to create server-based applications similar to Common Gateway Interface (CGI) programs.

Read the introduction at http://developer.netscape.com/docs/manuals/communicator/jsref/intro.htm#1010374

The main reference guide is at http://developer.netscape.com/docs/manuals/communicator/jsref/index.htm

And there is a link to an article about where it is going at http://devedge.netscape.com/openstudio/docs/index_frame.html?content=/docs/javascript/jsfuture.html